Sincere thanks to all who responded! Great guidelines, opinions and sources!
Now back to Finale!! Cheers K Keith Helgesen. Director of Music, Canberra City Band. Ph: (02) 62910787. Band Mob. 0439-620587 Private Mob 0417-042171 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wade KOTTER Sent: Thursday, 14 July 2005 11:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Finale] Dare I?? O.T. Good point. Here's the definition of homograph from the OED: "Philol. A word of the same spelling as another, but of different origin and meaning." Wade Kotter [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/13/05 6:51 PM >>> On 13 Jul 2005, at 23:57, keith helgesen wrote: > Is there a word for same spelling, different meaning and > pronounciation- e.g. lead (heavy metal, dog restraint, past tense > of verb to lead) According tho Wikipedia: "Lead the metal and lead the verb, or moped the motorized bicycle and moped the past tense of mope are examples of homographs; they are not homophones, because they are pronounced differently." This seems to fulfil your definition. John _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.14/48 - Release Date: 13/07/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.14/48 - Release Date: 13/07/2005 _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
